Tuesday night,dinner ideas?

OK - its Tuesday, I had a very wild day - dogs are crazy. Kid is crazy - need an easy, different dinner idea - decided on a turkey meatloaf (hubby really wants what he deems "healthy") I usually hate turkey meatloaf, I am very partial to beef - hey, its "whats for dinner", right?

At anyrate, decided on an all white meat turkey meat loaf. Going to stuff it with cheese and roasted peppers, serve it with some gravy and some green beans - mashed potatoes are optional..
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The weekend, and now what to make for dinner tonight

The weekend was lovely, didn't cook on Saturday - grabbed some deli coleslaw and macaroni salad and some organic beef patties,packed it all up in a cooler with some fixins' and a bag of charcoal. We went kayaking, and then had a bbq at a local park - gorgeous day! Sunday, made some mashed potatoes with green olives and cream cheese and grilled a chicken, steamed some asparagus. Sunday also had a playdate party for my daughter and let the girls make cat face cupcakes -

they had a blast. Now, I am trying to figure out what to make for dinner tonight, husband mentioned a stirfry and I have a ton of green onions that need used up, so maybe a simple shrimp stirfry and some rice? That is exactly what i did -

Tomato stuffed with Crabsalad

Last night I made a 50's classic-which still works today. A simple crab salad stuffed into an artfully cut tomato on a bed of shredded hearts of romaine. Easy, fun and delicious

6 oz of crab meat

1/2 cup low fat mayo

2 Tbs ketchup

2 tsp horseradish, optional

black pepper

4 tomatoes, cored

hearts of romaine sliced crosswise into 1/4 lengths

combine crab meat,mayo, ketchup and horseradish add a few turns black pepper,cut tomatoes into 6 wedges, but don't cut all the way through the bottom, fan out the tomatoes on lettuce lined plates and fill with crab salad

Dinner tonight - pasta i think...

OK, its Saturday and my family has requested cannelloni for dinner -



normally I would make the pasta but I have to much to do today so after some clothes shopping with my ever growing little girl I will swing by my local upscale grocery and hope that they have some fresh pasta sheets available. Then I need to decide meat or meatless? Its spring, and actually not cold today so I think I'll go with a spinach and ricotta filling - I have a recipe for veal cannelloni on youtube, (see the end of this post.)
So I'll base this on that one, but instead of the meat filling I will make one using 1 lb ricotta cheese, 1/2 lb shredded mozeralla cheese and 1/2 cup grated parm, salt and pepper. Then I will cook a bag or two of baby spinach, drain it,cool it and squeeze out as much moisture as I can - isn't it amazing how little spinach you end up with after cooking it? Then I will add the spinach to my cheese mixture - you can add an egg here to for both protein and to help the filling hold together,oh and maybe some parsely. Oh, also saute some onion and garlic in a little olive oil and add that in too.

Now, what to go with it? Something basic like garlic bread and a salad? Or maybe more elaborate? Not sure yet - I'll update after the grocery store...been there and back, will make a simple salad (they had fresh pasta sheets - i am so happy!) and garlic bread...so time to start cooking...